Because I have been under the weather and on the sofa, I have done nothing. I often do nothing, but this time there has been a legitimate reason . . . and since my stomach is still a little unsettled after a bit of food, I imagine I will come to a “legitimate” decision about tomorrow.

(In the back of my mind is the thought right now: If I puke after having just taken a shower, I am going to be really pissed.)

However, today I decided to lean the artificial and very skinny Alpine tree toward me and maybe wrap some new lights on it. Even leaning, it was a little awkward and then this happened.

But that’s okay because I remembered this tree was one of three – like THE infamous bears – and, being the tallest one, its top was supposed to come off. I need to remember this when I move it in its decorated, with sock monkeys and cows, state. I WILL be moving it because it is the tree that leans a lot and I have to put it someplace where I can use raffia or ribbon to anchor it upright. It also lifts right off its X-shaped faux wood stand, if anyone forgets this and tries to hurriedly adjust it.

I wouldn’t call it a problem tree or a troubled tree and certainly not a delinquent one, but it is a bit unstable and thus the counselor sock monkeys and the soothing lowing of leaning cows.

Although I once vowed to use informative post titles, I must have been lying, because I almost never do. Today, however, I am making it real clear, because today, I am introducing an Etsy Shop, where you can get the softest, most comfortable knit things to order. I know because I have some. Remember this post:

SCARVES? Okay, the title was really This made my day and I scarfed it up, but we’ll call it scarves today. No, the “but we’ll call it scarves today”, wasn’t part of the original title, but my brain’s a little off.

(Excuse me while I brace myself for a torment of sarcastic remarks about that last clause. . . )

Okay, back to SCARVES:

Sue now has a shop – Strands of Purls and it is HERE. Sometimes I wear one of her scarves for style, sometimes for extra warmth, and sometimes I just wrap the softness around my neck and head and relax – you realize you can breathe through knitting, which helps.

She’s creative and will knit to fit your taste . . . and requirements. Here’s a little evidence of that:
Iowa City tree knitting.